A Crip Punk

Category: shower thoughts

  • The Weird Feeling of the New Year

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    I know, I’ve been away for a while. Shame on me. In my defence… No wait, I don’t have much to say in my defence. I haven’t been so busy, to be honest.

  • How A Good Girl Failed

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    I was one of those gifted children: always got good grades at school, praised by teachers, curious mind, obedient towards my parents, no troublemaker. High school was a bit of a pain in the ass and I didn’t start with a bang, but in the end I managed to pull it through pretty well, considering…

  • Let’s Talk About Privilege

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    I know I spend much of my time here complaining about things, and lately I’ve been writing about how hard everything has been, my mental health, my physical health, the situations I find myself in because of my disability and chronic illness.

  • Not A Good Girl Anymore

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    I don’t know if I was born to be a people pleaser. Surely, I was indirectly taught to be it. There’s a feeling that isn’t so much acknowledged when you are disabled and have often to rely on other people’s help, the feeling of being a burden and a nuisance

  • We Are Ordinary People

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    As children, we are imbued this belief that, in order to make our lives meaningful, we need to become extraordinary, to achieve many great things. Publish a book that becomes a best-seller, climb Mount Everest, become a professional footballer, be the best at your job, find the cure to a disease…

  • I’m a Crier and I’m Okay With That

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    I stumbled upon an article about crying and what it means to be a person who expresses their emotions through tears. I am an emotional Cancer and Cancers are known for their emotional outbursts. Or maybe not. Well, I am.

  • Changing Shouldn’t Scare Us

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    Today is Halloween and, to honor this day, I wanna talk about something scary. Or not… I mean, this topic shouldn’t be scary at all, though some parts can be sometimes. Changing can lead us towards the unknown or something unpredictable, something that we didn’t put in the cards.